Tyler Cook

I am the assistant program director of the Center for AI Learning and a professional fellow in the Center for Ethics at Emory University. I am also a research affiliate in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I obtained my PhD from the Department of Philosophy at The Ohio State University, where I wrote a dissertation on some topics in machine ethics.

My current research focuses on various issues in the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). The central questions that guide my research concern to what extent AI systems could be endowed with ethical capacities, which design approaches are the most appropriate for developing ethical AI, and whether it's a good idea in the first place for us to attempt to develop ethical AI. See here and here for a couple of recent interviews I've done, which touch on some of these questions. I also have research interests in meta- and normative ethics, which you can read more about here.

I have taught a wide variety of philosophy courses, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn about so many different parts of philosophy along the way. Teaching philosophy, for me, is one of the most fulfilling parts of being an academic philosopher, as there's nothing quite like the experience of students sharing in the wonder of grappling with a deep and difficult philosophical question. See here for more information related to my teaching experience.